A fair word of warning!

After using this utility, ordinarily replacing files inside EFLC will also replace the same files in GTA IV and vice-versa. To prevent this, delete the file(s) you want to replace first before doing so. Also, modding your games by other means (OpenIV) might give you the same result. I'm working on a solution for this, however don't expect anything anytime soon, this is a difficult problem to tackle. Blame Microsoft. Do not use this program and mod if you don't know what you're doing.

How does this work?

This utility shrinks your EFLC install by using NTFS Hard-Links. It essentially creates shortcuts of identical files from GTA IV, and uses those to replace EFLC's files. This saves over 8000MB of space (8702MB in my case). Deleting GTA IV will not break your EFLC install. This utility should be perfectly compatible to pre-modded versions of GTA IV, too: Modded files will be ignored.

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